For discussion of all the other girl+mecha lines that have cropped up since Shinki began: Frame Arms: Girls, Megami Device, Armor Girls Project, Desktop Army, etc. This includes kinda-sortas like Daibadi's Polynian and things like Strike Witches and Fumikane's original Mecha Musume.

oh....well...that's too bad I guess. Still, it's also great that they included character-specific parts. I can safely say that when Perrine comes out she'll have a lightning effect then? (nudges Storm)

Why yes indeed. We can, at least, hope for that much. But what's intriguing is what kind of special parts for other characters such as Minna, Lucchini, & Charlotte?? At the very least, i predict that Lynnette will be equipped with a firing effect, just like Yoshika.

That be cool. Maybe even more shield effects like Lucchini's three shield ability. Charlotte I can imagine her breaking the sound barrier. Sanya I can imagine being identical to her sigma figure. Eila will have her cards. Minna's is a mystery. Can't wait still to collect the girls of the 501st.